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GAZETTE atb. lc. 1862.
YOIi. III. NO. 12.
GAZETTE
WAITING.
Serene, I fold my bands and wait,
Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate.
For lo! my own shall come to me.
I stay my baste, I make delays.
For wbat avails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.
Asleep, awake, by night or day, .
The friends I seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny..
What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it has sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.
The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder
height;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time-, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs.
A TRAP FOR THE CZAR.
t
iIGHT was falling over St. Pe
tersburg one of tliose raw.
1 damp, gloomy nights which are
worse by far than the hard, dry, crack
ing frosts of the Russian winter when
a tall man, in the long gray frieze over
coat and -military cap of an infantry
officer, came slowly across the great
square in front of the Winter Palace,
On such an evening there were nat
urally very few foot-passengers about
the streets; but If th.s officer wished
to take his walk undisturbed, he had
done wisely to slouch bis cap and turn
up bis coat-collar so as to hide his face;
for any one who had got a good look at
him, even forjone moment, would have
recognized at a glance the Czar him
self. Alexander 1., of Russia.
"And to think that there are plenty
of people who envy me and think me
the happiest man alive!" muttered the
Emperor, as be halted for a moment
near the south gate of the palace to
look about him. "It was just here
I remember it well that I was stand
ing when I got the news that Napoleon
was marching against me with all the
soldiers in Western Europe, and that
every man in Russia must fight for life
and death. When we had driven the
Frenchmen out of the country, I
thought our troubles were over then;
but now It seems as if they were only
just beginning. Trade falling off, har
vests failing, laborers wanting work,
and every one laying all the blame on
uie, of course. Hollo!"
Too much taken up with bis own
thoughts to notice where he was going,
the Czar bad stumbled over a small,
thin, ragged boy, who was -sitting on
a stone in front of the palace, and star
ing up at the long Hue of carved tur
rets and brilliantly lighted windows.
"Don't be angry, jour honor. I
couldn't help it, really!" stammered the
boy, who evidently expected this big
officer to give him a kick or a blow for
being In the way.
"No harm done, my boy. It was my
fault," said the Emperor, kindly. "I
hope I haven't hurt you?"
"Oh, I'm not so ivadly hurt, master,'"
answered the boy, reassured by the
friendly tone. "I fell off a horse last
week, and It didn't hurt me a bit. It's
not often that I'm thrown," he added
proudly, "but he was a young beast
and very skittish."
"You're a good rider, then," said
Alexander. "Have you had much to
do with horses?"
"Yes, I'm in a stable down-town
Ivan Shapiroff's stable, in Resurrection
street. If you ever want to hire a horse,
he can give you a good one."
"Well," said the Czar, beginning to
be Interested as well as amused by the
little fellow's prattle, "when I do want
a horse, I'll get one there, and take you
with me to show me the way."
"Will you?" cried the boy, eagerly.
"All right; just ask for 'Vaska Biji,'
for they all know me. I'll run beside
you as fast as your horse can trot, any
day you like; only you mustn't gallop,
for I'm not up to that."
And then Vaska, deligTited to find a
"real live officer" talking to him so
kindly and seeming Interested in hear
ing about him. told hpw he belonged to
a village about fifty miles from the
capital; how his father and mother
had died of cholera In the previous
summer, with many of the other vil
lagers; how, finding himself left quite
unprovided for, he had begged his way
to St. Petersburg, found out the stable
keeper Shaplroff, who bad been a friend
to his father, and got work, and how
he was now earning the very hand
some salary for such he evidently
thought it of twenty kopecks (.fifteen
cents) a day.
"And wbat were you doing here
when I came up?" asked the Emperor.
"Looking at the palace," replied the
boy, "and thinking what a grand place
It must be, and if I could only get a
peep at the Inside of it just once I
would be quite happy."
"Well, if that's all." said the Czar,
"it is easily done. Shall I take you in
with me?"
"You?" echoed Vaska, eyeing him
doubtfully. "Will the Emperor let
you?"
"I think he will," answered Alexan
der, with a good-humored laugh, "for
I am the Emperor himself."
Then the boy laughed in his turn,
and looked up In his new friend's face
with a knowing grin.
"Ah, your honor, why do you want
o make a fool of me like that? Do
you think I'm going to believe that
Mir father the Czar would be strolling
about the streets In the rain all alone,
with no crown on or anything, instead
of sitting on his golden throne with
diamond on his head, like the great
King Solomon, whom Father Paul used
to tell us about?" -
"Ah, my child," said Alexander, sad
ly, "do you think the Czar has nothing
to do but to sit on a throne all day
You shall see for yourself what sort
of throne he sits on, if you like to come
with me into the palace."
The boy hesitated; but he thought
that, after all, this officer might be on
duty at the palace, and might really be
able to give him a peep at its wonders
or, li not, tue man - must be some
merry fellow who liked a joke and
would end by giving him a few ko
pecks to buy something good for sup
per. So without another word, he
turned and followed his new friend,
who went' straight up to the main en
trance of the palace.
That his companion really was the
Czar, Vaska did not believe for a mo
ment; but he began to have some mis
givings on this point when he saw
with what profound respect the sent!
nels at the gate, and the richly dressed
servants within it, saluted his guide
as they passed.
The Czar noticed the boy's confu
sion, and, halting suddenly, called out.
"Is Droboff there?"
"Here I am, at your majesty's ser
vice," answered a deep voice.
And out from the throng of liveried
attendants came, a tail man in a dark-
green jacket, trimmed with gold lace,
whose scarred face and bold, upright
bearing showed himto be an old" sol
dier, o
At the word "majesty," little Vaska's
eyes grew as round as saucers, but the
Czar, seeming not to observe-' his
amazement, said to Droboff:'
"Take this boy with you, give him
a good supper and find him some place
to sleep. To-morrow you can show
him through the palace, and then
bring him to me again. Good-nlgUt,
Vaska."
When Vaska awoke the next morn
ing, he thought he must be dreaming,
till the kindly voice of the old soldier,
who may have had a little fellow of
his own somewhere, called to him to
get up for breakfast. And even more
like a dream was the day that-follow
ed, spent as it was amid marble pil
lars, and gold-fringed curtains, and all
the magnificence of the Winter Palace.
It was rather a blow to Vaska to
find that, after all, the Czar's throne
was nothing more than a big chair.
covered with gilding. Instead of being
solid gold, as he had expected. "But
the sight of the imperial crown and
scepter, with enormous emeralds and
diamonds, quite consoled him for this
disappointment.
"No wonder Father Alexander
doesn't wear those things when he
goes about the street," cried he.
"They'd be stolen before he had 'em
on five minutes!"
But what the boy enjoyed most of
all was the sight of the great picture
gallery, with the paintings of all the
battles which the Russians had fought
against Napoleon during the war of
1812; and his delight knew no bounds
when old Droboff, who had himself
been in all these battles, told him the
whole story of the great war, and how
bravely the Russian people had periled
their lives to free their country from
the invader.
"And if ever such another war should
come in our time, my boy," the veteran
added, drawing himself up proudly,
"old as I am, I'd turn out and fight
for holy Russia and the Czar!"
And so would I!" cried Vasta,
clenching a fist about the size of an
apple. "I'd give my life for him any
day, since he has been so good to me."
Now it happened that just at the
time when Vasta and his guide were
ending fhelr tour of . inspection, the
Czar, who had been very busy all day,
was told by a messenger that a foreign
ambassador of high rank had come to
the palace to see him, and was then
waiting in the Hall of Audience.
The nearest way from the Czar's
cabinet to this hall' lay along the great
corridor which had just been opened
again after being closed for several
weeks during the repair of a part of
its oaken flooring. Alexander and his
attendants were nearly half way along
it, When Vaska came suddenly out of
a room a little way. beyond them.
The boy had been longing all day to
get a chance of thanking the Czar for
the kindness exhibited, and when he
saw the familiar figure coming toward
him, he forgot all ceremony, and ran
forward to meet his friend. But scarce
ly had he stepped upon the newly re
paired part of the flooring when the
planks cracked and shook under his
feet, and then gave way with a tre
mendous crash, leaving a black and
frightful chasm of unknown depth
yawning at the very spot where the
Czar was just about to set foot.
Vaska. who had had barely time to
spring from the falling planks on to
the solid flooring beyond, was so star
tled that he would have fallen back
into the gulf had not the Czar's strong
hand upheld him.
But Alexander's keen eyes perceived
at once that the beams which were
left standing out on either side of the
gap bore marks of having been cut
with a saw'; and. as he marked it. his
ruddy, handsome face grew black as
night, and his clear, blue eyes flashed
like a drawn sword.
"Treason!" shouted he, in a note of
thunder. "Shut the gates! Let no one
leave the palace, and muster all the
servants at once!"
But it was too late. When the mus
ter roll was called, two of the attend
ants belonging to the Czar's private
household both of whom had borne a
perfectly good character up that very
day failed to answer to their names;
and although the whole palace was
searched from one end to the other, .
they were nowhere to be found. I
The author of the strange plot, of
which they had been the instruments,
was never discovered. - - f
"It Is the hand of God!" said the
Emperor, solemnly, when he learned
the extent of the treachery to which
ne had so nearly fallen a victim. "If
I had not befriended this child, whom
I met seemingly, by chance in the
streets, I should have perished miser
ably, and my whole empire would have
been thrown into confusion. He has
saved my lifeC and so long as that life
lasts he shall never want-a friend!
And the Czar kept his word. Golden
Days. -
CIRCUMSTANTIAL-EVIDENCE.
How a Yonnjf Woman Lost Her Faith
in It Wholly.
"Never again will I put faith In cir
cumstantial evidence," said one of New
York's many independent young worn
en the other afternoon, "Never! Nev
er!" .
"You speak as Would a person who
had been wrongly convicted by cir
cumstances," remarked the man.
"Well, you don't know what a nar
row escape I had," she replied.
Of course, he insisted on the story.
"It was last Sunday in the park, and
Jane was with me," she began. "We
entered from the Plaza, intending to
take a long walk. A brown-eyed Ital
ian boy crying 'Pansies,' attracted us,
and I purchased a richly colored bunch
They were all purple, and deep black,
the rich, uncommon kind.
"We finally'reached the CasfnT for
luncheon, and I offered to divide the
flowers with Jane I had noticed her
casting a longing glance at the pansy
box which stood near our table on the
porch. I unwound the tinfoil and was
dividing the flowers when up rushed
a waiter.
" 'it a $o fine for each flower you
pull, he said, gruffly.
"I simply glared at him. Jane told
him I had bought the flowers.
" 'I know you people,' he said. 'You
pulled them.' He pointed to the bos
near our table. The pansies were all
black and purple. The common yellow
or mixed colored flowers were in boxes
out of our reach. The Insolent waiter
hurried off for the head waiter.
" 'Did you see them pull the flow
ers?" this worthy asked. His tone left
no question in our minds as to his
doubt of our guilt.
" 'No.' replied the waiter, 'but they
pinched them, all right.'
" Too bad you didn't catch them at
it,' said the head waiter, 'but it won't
do much good to have them arrested
unless you did.' "
"Rather exciting," remarked the
man, when she paused.
"It was a case of too much circum
stantial evidence," said the young
woman. "The only rebuttal evidence
we bad was the tinfoil which came
around the stems, and the wind blew
that away just after I had removed it.
New York Tribune.
Didn't Like Their Style.
'This is a queer age we live in,'
sighed a young housekeeper. "We've
just lost a very good cook for a very
absurd reason, I think. She came to us
about four months ago and was satis
factory in every way; neat, industrious,
respectful, and last, but foremost, an
excellent cook.
As she was so very quiet I could not
tell whether or not she was as well
pleased with us as we were with her;
but about six weeks ago the trouble
began. She asked me suddenly one
day why we entertained so seldom.
" 'Ella,' I said, 'we don't care for
it?
'Your house is just as handsome as
anybody's,' she went on; 'other people
that I've lived with entertained all the
time and their houses weren't near as
pretty or as nice as yours; you never
have anything but a club meeting once
in awhile. Why don't you have teas
and receptions, Mrs. Blank?'
"I reiterated my two reasons that
we couldn't spend the money in that
way and that we preferred simple
amusements. Ella didn't seem satis
fied; but the matter was dropped.
"Last Monday," said the young wife,
according to the Detroit Free Press,
'she asked to spend a week at home
with her sick aunt, and, as I couldn't
well refuse, she departed. To-day I
received a postal card from her
couched in these words:
'Dear Mrs. Blank My aunt is bet
ter, but I'm not coming back. I've got
a more stylish place.' "
The Keporter Scores.
Senator Treacle Did you tell that re
porter I had nothing to say?
Servant Yes, sir.
Senator Treacle I suDDOse he was
ery much disappointed.
Servant I hardly know, sir. He said
he was aware of the fact that you
never said anything but was under the
mpression that you never missed an
opportunity to talk.
Chuirhouse.
A New York institution gets its name,
cbairhouse," from the fact that hu
man beings so poor they cannot buy a
lodging at the cheapest Bowery re
sorts, put up 5 cents for a chance to
occupy a cnair ror tne nignt. By n
clock the night's contingent is fast
sleep in the chairs, the usual num
ber being twenty-five or thiry.
Ignorance. In Russia.
Official statistics show that there are
7,000,000 children in Russia between
the ages of 6 and 14 receiving abso
lutely no education.
Many a man with a good scheme
lacks the required nerve to push it
through. '
One man's fad is another man's fos
tune, -
For The
Rnpert and the Monster. -
WHAT IT REALLY WAS.
When Rupert to the closet goes, by feeble
candle light,
He sees a dreadful bogey there, and
quickly takes to night.
But when once more, by daylight, for
the frightful thing he looks, 1
He finds a torn old towel a-hangin' on
two 'hooks. 5 -
What Rufy .Waa. Afraid. Of. .
He said it modestly enough not at
all in a boastful way. You see, he was
only quoting grandma.
"I heard her say it I couldn't help
hearing," Rufy said, quietly. And of
course he couldn't help the soft little
pink color that spread all over his
cheeks, either. When a boy is 9 and
can't help hearing his grandmother say;
"Rufus is a very brave boy! I declare.
I don't believe he's afraid of anything!"
well, maybe you wouldn't flush with
pleasure yourself!
Polly-Lou was .9, but she was a girl,
and dear, dear! how many things Polly-
i-iou was arraia or: iNODoay naa ever
heard anybody else not a grandmoth
er, even say she was very brave.
'Not anything, Rufy? Aren't you
truly afraid of anything?" she breathed
in awe.
"I guess not unless It's wild things
that 'most everybody's afraid of. I
shouldn't want to meet a a lion any
where, but I don't believe I'd mind a
bear just plain bear that wasn't griz
zled, or spiced, or anything."
'Spiced? I never heard of a spiced
'Cinnamon, I mean," hastily. "I
don't know's I'd care to meet a cinna
mon bear."
'"Well, then cows?" Polly-Lou said,
gravely. Polly-Lou was so afraid "of
cows!
Cows.?"
Well, snakes, then, e-nor-mous dogs,
or the dark?"
'No, I'm not afraid of any of those
things I guess not!" laughed Rufus.
Ask me something hard."
"Injuns?" That was the "hardest"
thing Polly-Lou could think of. There
were some Indians camping near the
schoolhouse, and most of the children
were rather afraid of them. Polly-Lou
was more than rather. She was truly.
Huh!" scoffed Rufy. "I honestly
like 'em!"
Suddenly mamma looked up from her
sewing. "
Rufy is brave," she said, gently.
'but there is one thing he is afraid
of."
Mamma!" Rufy's voice was a little
hurt. "What is it, please?"
"I'd rather you would find it out your
self, dear. Besides, now it Is time to
get the kindlings and a pail of water.
It is almost supper-time."
"Oh, I don't like to get kindlings one
single bit!" Rufy grumbled, softly.
"Besides, there aren't any chopped,
mamma. I didn't chop a kindling yes
terday or day before."
"No, dear, I know."
"And the pump's so far off ! I wish
one grew in our dooryard! Oh, dear,
and I s'pose you'll say it's feed-the-chickens-time,
too!"
"Yes. dear."
But Rufy did not move. In a min
ute more he had forgotten all about
chickens and pumps and kindlings.
j When he thought of them again he was
in bed!
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" he cried out, sud
denly. "I didn't means to let mamma
do it!" For he remembered thtit mam
ma must have chopped the kindlings
and fed the chickens and got the water.
Then he remembered something else,
too what mamma had said she would
rather he would find out for himself.
There in the dark, all alone, Rufy
THE BOGEY. ,
tkmSmm
"found tuf He sat up In bed and
uttered a little exclamation.
"Oh. I know I know! And it's
so!" be cried, in shame. "She meant
was afraid of work!" Youth's Com
panlon. ' ' - .
Angels Were a Little Slow.
"Mamma,"' called 4-year-old Bobby
from the nursery, "please come and sii
by my bed until I go to sleep."
"Mamma's busy now,"-was the reply.
"Just keep quiet and the angels willibe
with you."
"You said that before, mamma," re
joined the little fellow, "and I kept
quiet ever so long, but not an angel
showed up." ' ,
Thankful for Doctor's Skill.
"Have they any candy, in heaven,
mamma?" asked little 4-year-old Mar
gie, who was slowly recovering from a
serious illness.
"I think not. darling," replied her
mother. '
"Then." said the little Invalid, "I'm
awful glad we've got such a good doc
tor." Maggie Couldn't Understand.
"Mamma," said little Margie, "the
minister says I got my blue eyes from
you." - .
"Yes, dear, I suppose you did," re
plied her mother.
"Why, mamma," exclaimed the little
miss in surprise, "did you use to have
four eyes?"
A Necessity in a Needle.
"How do you spell needier-Bobby?"
asked the teacher. .
"N e 1 d 1 e, needle," was the re
ply. "Wrong," said the teacher, "there is
no "I" in needle."
"Well, then, tain't a good needle."
Little Chronicle.
Tommy's Trick.
"How old are you, mamma ?" queried
little 5-year-old Tommy.
"Well, I'm over 18," replied the mothl
er with a smile. "But why do you
ask?"
"Oh, I Just wanted to see how you
would get out of telling a story," said
Tommy.
SCARCITY OF CORKS.
How Excessive Demand Has Developed
Several Queer Industries.
The fact that the world's supply of
cork is much less than the demand has
been working a peaceful revolution in
many trades. The Increase in the price
has rendered It necessary to devise
other kinds of stoppers. This has glv
en employment to a perfect army of in
ventors, many of whom have reaped
neat little fortunes from ingenious con
trivances. Thus far, however, all the
inventions have not been able to re
store the former balance, and prices
keep up in an alarming manner. As
a consequence tnere nas been devel
oped a trade in second-hand corks, and
under this have come into being queer
little . industries such as gathering
corks, cleaning corks, and revamping
corks.
In the big hotels, restaurants and sa
loons the cork perquisite is now a mod
erately valuable privilege. They are no
longer cast contemptuously by, but
are thrown into a box or cask, where
they accumulate until the cork-pickei
arrives, who pays a round sum in cash
for all offered to him. The average
waiter " and bartender now employs
corkscrews which inflict minimum
damage upon the cork, and in many
places, where a number of bottles are
opened in the course of the day a steel
cork extractor is used, which will pull
out a cork from the interior of a bot
tle into which it has been carelessly
forced.
The peddler who buys them sells
them to the second-hand man, who as
sorts them Into various classes. Many
large corks can be recut with consid
erable profit. Others which have been
injured can be cut so as to discard the
injured portions and utilize that which
is sound. Corks which have been dis
colored by grease can be cleaned by
benzine, ammonia water, or lime and
water. Those which have been discol
ored or flavored by medicine can be
rendered usable by long-continued boil
ing with a small amount of chloride of
lime, and subsequently drying in a kiln
or oven. The finest quality consists of
champagne corks. These always com
mand a good price. It is possible to re
use them, and this is said to be done
by many manufacturers both at home
and abroad. Others can be recut so
as to obliterate the maker's or bottler's
name, which is usually branded upon
the side or lower surface. A second
hand cork when paraffinated can be
used for bottles containing oils, pow
ders and aqueous solutions. They are
popular at present on account of the
ease with which they can be taken out
and put back.-New York Evening
Post
Sublime Nerve.
The most phenomenal case of nerve
known on the American continent is
reported from Wichita. A rug peddler
called several times at a house and
found the people away from home. At
last he wrote and pinned this note on
the door: "Madame Kindly remain at
home to-morrow forenoon. I want to
sell you a rug." Kansas City Jour
nal. Usual Thing.
Ping How did you come out on that
stock deal last week?
Pong Lost $500.
Ping But I thought you said a friend
had given you a pointer?
Pong So I thought but it turned out
to be a disappointer. -
According to the opinion of the aver
age man, there are a great many worse
and but few better men in the world
than himself.
The more a man knows that should
be forgotten the better his memory is,
Comfortable Resting Place.
Where the trees about one's house
are small, or where there are none, this
arrangement, described in Country
Gentleman, will be found pleasant in
summer. The floor and framework of
this shady resting place are made oi
wood, while the covering is either
white duck or striped awning cloth,
sold at all dry goods stores the only
fault to be found with the latter being
its liability to fade. The board floor
is very desirable, since It permits the
use of this when the grass ground
would be moist. .The smooth floor also
affords a splendid chance for children
to play in wet weathtr, or indeed in
any weather, since their clothing will
become soiled much less easily when
playing on such a floor than upon grass
SHADY BESTING PLACE.
ground or gravel. This place can also
be made to shelter a hammock, stretch
ing from one corner to an opposite cor
ner. The roof frame should, of course,
be braced In the same direction as that
occupied by the hammock, running a
two by three strip of lumber from the
top of one corner post to the top of
the one opposite; also placing a similar
piece between the tops of the other
two opposite corners.
Selecting Calves.
The Practical Farmer gives this
method of selecting calves to raise,
which is followed by many successful
dairymen: Turn the little calf on its
back and see that it has four well
placed teats that Is, wide apart and
two rudimentaries, or extra teats.
Next see that it has a large udder cord,
which you can eel on the side, rub
bing finger back and forth. Such parts
are made In proportion, and a large
udder indicates that the calf when it
becomes a cow will carry a large ud
der, because a . large cord is necessary
to hold this up. Next look in the calf's
mouth, and if there are eight teeth,
well through, you can safely raise that
calf. If there are only two-teeth put
through, reject the calf, because, as a
rule, this indicates that the constitu
tional vigor of the mother was not
sufficient to mature the calf fully be
fore it was born. . Such a calf will be
likely to have a weak vitality when it
grows up as well as during its younger
days.
Handy Farm Tool.
The tool illustrated can be easily
fashioned by any blacksmith. It is
similar in form to the grubbing hoe fa
miliar to most farmers, although not
so hard. It - should be made so that
the wide blade will be" about four
inches wide along the edge and from I
one and one-half . to two Inches wide
along the edge of the narrow blade.
Made of the same material used in the
ordinary garden hoe and the edges kept
well ' sharpened, one may work very
close to the plants in the rows without
injury to them.
This tool would be especially useful
in working among strawberry plants,
using the wide edge for cutting off
the runners and the narrow one for
weeding close to the plants. A few
tools of this kind would cost but little
and save their cost in one season.
Proper Packing of Fruit.
The finer varieties of fruit should be
packed in boxes. When barrels are used
the best fruit is injured by overpress
ing. The fruit must be picked at the
right time. Last year a lot of the North
ern Spys were picked so early that very
serious loss is the result, because the
warm weather has ruined their keeping
qualities. The question of grading is
too large a one to deal with here. Great
care Is necessary in grading, and the
DOUBLE-EDGE HOE.
work will be rendered much easier by
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ety. In facing the barrel pick out fruit
that is fairly representative of the eon
tents of the barrel.' Place the smaller
apples on the outside and the large
ones in the center. The picking should
be done very carefully, care being
taken not to bruise the apples by drop
ping. Care mus be exercised in jarring
or shaking the barrel in filling, so as to
get the contents well shaken and to
avoid slackness, and at the same time
not bruise the fruit. This is best ac
complished by giving a trembling mo
tion to the barrel. In hauling to the sta
tion a spring wagon should be used,
otherwise the fruit may be bruised in
that way. The more the producer can
pack his own. fruit the better it will be
for the trade. After picking the fruit
should be put inside, where it Is dry.
The barrel or box-should, as a means of
avoiding mistakes, be stenciled with
the name and address of the packer,
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American Cultivator.
Insoluble Phosphates.
me use oi iiisoiuuie pnospnates.
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or of the so-called Thomas slag," has
long been a bone of contention or de
batable matter, not only among the sci
entific men, but the practical farmers.
The former have questioned whether
the insoluble phosphate could be of any
value as plant food, and some of the
farmers have claimed that their crops
were very much benefited by it. . Al
though we have not tested it, our opin
ion leads us to believe that the farmers,
are right, and those who rely only on
scientific principles may be wrong. We
do not place sufficient confidence in the
power of the soil and the action of
frosts, rain and summer heat upon
what are sometimes called Insoluble
fertilizers. We know little of the power
that these elements exert, and when to
the natural elements of the soil there
may be added the effect of decomposing
vegetable matter, either as stable
manure or as green manure plowed un
der, we can only say that we think they
have much effect In making soluble not
only phosphatic but other mineral ele
ments in the soil. Those who have used
the finely ground rock or Thomas slag
upon fields which had received a liberal
dressing of stable manure, or had been
treated with a green crop plowed under,
are so unanimously in its favor that we
cannot doubt but that the so-called in
soluble phosphates do become soluble
In the soil under certain conditionsVde
pending upon the soil or the treatment
it has received. Massachusetts Plough
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A bad vice sometimes crops out In
the herd when a cow or two begins to
draw its own milk by sucking. I'o pre
vent this vietv
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portrayed.
Four SOSK
sticks of hard
wood, 10 or 12
inches long and
IV2 inches square,
are held together
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by eight round pointed sticks of tough
hard wood two feet long and one inch
in diameter, passing through the hard
wood sticks. These dimensions may
be too large for a small neck. Fasten
the round sticks in the desired place
with screews inch long. The yoke
may then be removed or adjusted to tit
a large or small neck. Farm and
Home.
Wind-Suckine Horse.
The habit of wind sucking, or stump
sucking, as many call it, is practically
incurable, except by a difficult opera
tion which can only be performed by
an expert surgeon familiar with the
anatomy of the parts. Buckling a strap
tightly around the neck back of the
ears helps to prevent the performance
of the habit. In the barn the horse
should be kept in a box stall from
which everything has been removed
upon which he could fix his teeth or
balance his chin to perform the objec
tionable act. Feel him from a box to
be removed when feed has beeu eaten.
Farm Notes.
- If one has been so unwise as to have
gotten in more area of crops than he
can cultivate properly it may pay him
even now to abandon some of it and
cultivate thoroughly the remaining
portion.
Some of the weeds that cover the
fields will be eaten off by sheep if the
animals are given an opportunity to
destroy them. Put the sheep at work
at this season and they will destroy
many weed pests.
There is no need of disorderly back
yards in summer time. It is always
possible to pick up an., make the place
clean and if ther; are unsightly objects
or outlooks they may be concealed by
quick-growing vines or plants. Morn
ing glories, ricinus or castor bean, and
the newer golden glow are all valuable
as screens.
There is always something new in
weeds. Just when the farmer has con
quered the advance crop he encounters
at this season of the year one of the
most persistent of all pests crab grass.
It grows very rapidly and on all kinds
of soil. It is very easily destroyed
when young, but if it gets a start and
covers ..the-ground it sometimes bap
pens that the field must be abandoned
until next year. ' '
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